Rachel Maddox on MSNBC shared the transcript of the Trump-appointed federal judge skewering the unscholarly DOJ lawyer who vainly attempted to justify these illegal actions. From The Los Angeles Times:
Judge blocks Trump from deploying California National Guard — or any Guard troops — in Oregon
- Gov. Newsom called President Trump’s deployment of California National Guard troops to Oregon a “breathtaking abuse of power.”
- In June, Newsom filed a federal lawsuit over Trump’s mobilization of the state’s National Guard during L.A.’s immigration protests.
Hours after California Gov. Gavin Newsom vowed to seek a court order to stop President Trump from deploying 300 of the state’s National Guard troops in Oregon, a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order on Sunday night.
Officials from California and Oregon sought the restraining order after the president sent California Guard troops to Oregon earlier on Sunday.
“The rule of law has prevailed — and California’s National Guard will be heading home,” Newsom said in a statement. “This ruling is more than a legal victory, it’s a victory for American democracy itself. Donald Trump tried to turn our soldiers into instruments of his political will, and while our fight continues, tonight the rule of law said, ‘Hell no.’”
The federal judge who issued the restraining order Sunday evening had, just a day before, temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to federalize Oregon’s National Guard.
“What was unlawful yesterday is unlawful today,” Oregon Atty. Gen. Dan Rayfield told the Associated Press. “The judge’s order was not some minor procedural point for the president to work around, like my 14-year-old does when he doesn’t like my answers.”
Originally, the two states only named the California National Guard when seeking the court order. They asked for the order to be expanded to any Guard troops, however, after a memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was submitted to the court saying up to 400 Texas National Guard personnel were being activated for deployment to Oregon, Illinois and possibly elsewhere.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Sunday night in a post on X that he “fully authorized” the use of the Texas National Guard to “ensure safety for federal officials.” “You can either fully enforce protection for federal employees or get out of the way and let Texas Guard do it,” he wrote.
In the more sweeping order on Sunday evening, Judge Karin Immergut questioned the federal government’s attorney, asking how the decision to send troops from California and Texas to Oregon could not be seen as anything other than circumventing her order.
Constitutional law experts also called the move an obvious effort by the president to sidestep the judge’s ruling on Saturday.
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